diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 66a1d597b1..5574c1fdfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           miniconda-version: "latest"
+          channels: "conda-forge"
       - name: conda setup
         run: |
           conda install -y anaconda-client
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install package
         run: python -m pip install dist/*.whl
       - name: Import package
-        run: python -c "import $PACKAGE; print($PACKAGE.__version__)"
+        run: python -c "import $PACKAGE; print($PACKAGE._version.__version__)"
 
   pip_publish:
     name: Publish PyPI
diff --git a/scripts/conda/build.sh b/scripts/conda/build.sh
index 7a5b51080e..caaf5ffb67 100755
--- a/scripts/conda/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/conda/build.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ set -euxo pipefail
 
 PACKAGE="holoviews"
 
-python -m build . # Can add -w when this is solved: https://github.com/pypa/hatch/issues/1305
+python -m build --sdist .
 
 VERSION=$(python -c "import $PACKAGE; print($PACKAGE._version.__version__)")
 export VERSION
 
-conda config --env --set conda_build.pkg_format 2
-conda build scripts/conda/recipe --no-anaconda-upload --no-verify
+conda build scripts/conda/recipe --no-anaconda-upload --no-verify -c conda-forge --package-format 2
 
 mv "$CONDA_PREFIX/conda-bld/noarch/$PACKAGE-$VERSION-py_0.conda" dist
diff --git a/scripts/conda/recipe/meta.yaml b/scripts/conda/recipe/meta.yaml
index 8b94a418c6..115ceb8de8 100644
--- a/scripts/conda/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/scripts/conda/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ package:
   version: {{ VERSION }}
 
 source:
-  url: ../../../dist/{{ project["name"] }}-{{ VERSION }}-py3-none-any.whl
+  url: ../../../dist/{{ project["name"] }}-{{ VERSION }}.tar.gz
 
 build:
   noarch: python
-  script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install --no-deps -vv {{ project["name"] }}-{{ VERSION }}-py3-none-any.whl
+  script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install --no-deps -vv .
   entry_points:
     {% for group,epoints in project.get("entry_points",{}).items() %}
     {% for entry_point in epoints %}